Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....HICKS, RUTH ELISABETH March 22, 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Thomas Ladner tomdladner@yahoo.com May 7, 2008, 3:05 am Gladwin County Record dated 03-27/2002 Column - 6 Page - 2 Ruth E. Hicks, 90, died March 19, 2002. She was born Nov. 9, 1911 to Orrell and LaVesta Wilcox. She attended Spring Arbor Seminary and Central Michigan University. Ruth taught at Mesick Consolidated Schools and Beaverton Rural Schools. She was a member of the Beaverton United Methodist Church. Ruth had 5 children, 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. She especially enjoyed reading the "Little House" books to her grandchildren. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Merwin Hicks, in 1968; and two sisters, Helen and Grace. She is survived by two sons, Jerry Hicks(Sally) of Beaverton, and Steve Hicks (Linda) of Beaverton; three daughters, Ruth Ann Miller (Dick) of Freeland, Linda Burr (Tom) of Perrinton, and Peggy McKimmy (Tom) of Beaverton; and one sister, Lucille Neilson, of Florida. Funeral services were held Friday March 22, 2002 at Sisson Funeral Home with pastor James Rule presiding. Burial took place at Beaverton Cemetery. The family requests that memorials by made for the Beaverton United Methodist Church Womens Group. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gladwin/obits/h/hicks4334gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb